Effectiveness of mobile-phone short message service (SMS) reminders for ophthalmology outpatient appointments: Observational study

BMC Ophthalmology

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Koshy, Elizabeth ^a   Car, Josip ^a   Majeed, Azeem ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION SERVICE; MOBILE PHONE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OPHTHALMOLOGY; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT SCHEDULING; REMINDER SYSTEM; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EYE DISEASE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; CELLULAR PHONE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EYE DISEASES; HUMANS; LONDON; OPHTHALMOLOGY; OUTPATIENTS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 47349084105     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2415-8-9     Document Type: Article

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